Landscape Contract Manager

Halmer Recruit; Eastleigh; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 45,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company car and fuel card

Bonus scheme

23 days annual leave

Wellness days

Group life assurance

Auto-enrolment pension

Job summary

Halmer Recruit is looking for an experienced Landscaping Contracts Manager to lead a portfolio of landscaping and grounds maintenance contracts across Hampshire and surrounding areas, with sites from Southampton toward Reading.

Reporting to the Head of Landscaping, you will oversee day-to-day operational and financial performance, manage teams and subcontractors, coordinate client relationships, monitor budgets, deliver to targets, and identify additional works within existing contracts.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in landscaping/grounds maintenance contracts.
• Minimum two years in operational or contract management.
• Experience managing teams and both static sites and mobile crews.
• Full clean UK driving licence.
• Strong budgeting and cost control skills.
• Commercial awareness and ability to price additional works.

Responsibilities

• Manage a portfolio of landscaping and grounds maintenance contracts across Hampshire and surrounding areas.
• Oversee both static sites and mobile landscaping teams.
• Manage daily schedules, operatives, subcontractors and resources.
• Ensure contracts delivered to standards, timescales and budgets.
• Monitor team performance and address issues.
• Maintain client relationships and attend meetings.
• Identify and price additional works within existing contracts.
• Prepare quotations for additional works.
• Support Head of Landscaping with bids, tenders, and contract reviews.
• Monitor contract expenditure, budgets and profitability.
• Assist with forecasting and monthly financial reporting.
• Work to operational and financial targets.
• Ensure depots and yards are organised and compliant.
• Monitor Health & Safety and Environmental standards.
• Support service improvements and new ways of working.

Skills

Leadership

Budgeting

Client management

Pricing & quoting

MS Word & Excel

Driving licence

Team management

Contract management

Horticulture knowledge

Communication

Job description

The Opportunity

We are recruiting for an experienced Landscaping Contracts Manager to join a well-established and growing facilities and grounds maintenance business.

This is a field-based position managing a portfolio of landscaping and grounds maintenance contracts across Hampshire and surrounding areas, with sites extending from Southampton towards Reading.

The role has been created following continued company growth and a restructure within the department, offering an excellent opportunity to join the business at an exciting stage of its development.

Reporting to the Head of Landscaping, you’ll take responsibility for the day-to-day operational and commercial performance of your contracts, managing landscaping teams, subcontractors, client relationships, budgets and service delivery.

This isn’t a heavily sales-focused position. However, you’ll need to be commercially aware and comfortable identifying additional works and opportunities within existing client relationships.

Previous experience within the landscaping or grounds maintenance industry is essential, alongside experience managing teams and working to operational and financial targets.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage a portfolio of landscaping and grounds maintenance contracts across Hampshire and surrounding areas
• Oversee both static sites and mobile landscaping teams
• Manage daily schedules, operatives, subcontractors and resources
• Ensure contracts are delivered to agreed standards, timescales and budgets
• Monitor team performance and address performance or disciplinary matters when required
• Maintain strong, professional relationships with clients
• Attend regular client and site meetings
• Identify and price additional works within existing contracts
• Prepare quotations for additional landscaping works
• Support the Head of Landscaping with bids, tenders and contract reviews
• Monitor contract expenditure, budgets and profitability
• Assist with forecasting and monthly financial reporting
• Work to agreed operational and financial targets
• Liaise with foremen, ground staff, subcontractors and the service desk
• Monitor training requirements and help develop the horticultural knowledge of landscaping teams
• Ensure depots and yards are organised and compliant
• Maintain Health & Safety and Environmental standards across all contracts
• Support the introduction of service improvements and new ways of working

Requirements

• Previous landscaping or grounds maintenance industry experience is essential
• Minimum two years' operational or contract management experience
• Experience managing landscaping or grounds maintenance teams
• Experience managing both static sites and mobile teams would be advantageous
• Proven ability to work to operational and financial targets
• Good commercial awareness with experience managing budgets and costs
• Comfortable pricing and quoting additional works
• Strong client relationship management skills
• Good horticultural and grounds maintenance knowledge
• Confident managing staff, subcontractors and suppliers
• Competent using Microsoft Word and Excel
• Strong organisational and administrative skills
• Able to manage multiple contracts, sites and changing priorities
• Full clean UK driving licence essential

Skills & Qualities

• Strong leadership and people management skills
• Commercially aware
• Excellent communication skills
• Professional and client-focused
• Organised with excellent time management
• Confident decision-maker
• Proactive and solutions-focused
• Able to work independently
• Comfortable working to targets
• Able to work effectively under pressure
• Strong attention to detail

Working Location

This is an on-the-road role managing a portfolio of sites across Hampshire and surrounding areas, broadly covering Southampton through towards Reading.

Regular travel between client sites will form an important part of the position.

What's On Offer

• £40,000-£45,000 per annum
• Full-time, permanent position
• Company car and fuel card
• Bonus scheme following successful completion of probation
• 23 days' annual leave plus 8 bank holidays
• 4 additional wellness days per year following probation
• Group Life Assurance Benefit Scheme
• Auto-enrolment pension
• Field-based position with varied contracts and responsibilities
• Opportunity to join a growing and developing landscaping operation
• Long-term career opportunity within an established business